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On ons, 2005-06-01 at 09:20 +0530, Chakkaradeep C C wrote: |
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> if we can solve this issue of Portage identifying already installed |
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> packages, i think it is a great task for Portage since no package |
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> managers have this facility. its like this,you give one command, say |
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> for example, "emerge find hdparm", this would search your system ( not |
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> the portage database or portage tree ) for the binaries of the tool or |
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> any technique can be used and if it is available in your system, just |
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> inject it. Yes, there will be many issues, but when customized to be |
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> used in other distros, i dont think this would be a tough job. |
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Do you want portage to import data from other package managers |
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databases, or is you goal to be able to install things by hand and then |
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have the installed files be handled by portage? |
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/John |
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